American Record Guide, July/August 2014Working our way up in length, we have George Crumb's 12-minute sonata written in 1955. This is also a basically lyrical,...continue...
Recording information: Salle Colonne, Paris (12/12/2011-12/14/2011)....continue...

BBC Music Magazine, March 2013The influence of Bach and the artistry of the Suites' dedicatee, Rostropovich, is clear in Britten's three Suites. Their elusive soliloquising...continue...
Recording information: 03/1998....continue...

Britten's meeting with Rostropovich in 1960 was a watershed, with the great Russian cellist becoming the primary collaborator of his later years and inspiring a...continue...
Recording information: Broughton St. Mary's Parish Church, Edinburgh (09/03/2012-09/05/2012)....continue...

Britten's long friendship with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most inspiring and fruitful musical collaborations in history. It led directly to the composition...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (2011-12-19&2011-12-22&2011-); Henry ...continue...

BBC Music MagazineMuller-Schott has all the technical resources at his deposal, and opens the First Suite with just the right weight and poise...what Schott brings...continue...
Recording information: München, Bavaria Musikstudios....continue...

"Mork is phenomenal. Not only does he overcome every massive technical obstacle with unprecedented assurance and verve...regularly outclassing Rostropovich for whom the Suites were written,...continue...